After the brief interlude, the ten of them went back to their respective resting rooms to prepare for the opening match that night.
October 20th. Holidays began early in the seven continents. People swarmed into bars or shopping malls to have family dinners while waiting for the final ranking match to begin.
Ten days earlier, the relevant cities had begun to advertise the participants in their respective cities. Among them, City 0126 was the most exaggerated. Huge posters of Li Xiang were put up all over the city. The military and the Ministry of Education had worked together to promote him as a rising star and to promote him as the idol of all high school students.
There were even a large number of related peripheral characters and crazy fangirls!
The Crimson Moon took the opportunity to promote all kinds of commercial benefits. They also announced that all the Blue Astral Coins earned from commercial activities would be deposited into the "Li Xiang Foundation" as long as Li Xiang didn't lose during the competition. In the future, the foundation would be used to support city infrastructure, social welfare activities, and special scholarships for high school students.
It was as if he was using his own wealth to cheer for Li Xiang and build momentum.
They tried to downplay the fact that Li Xiang was from Hou City. They spared no effort in promoting the fact that he had joined the Polar night in City 0126 and had become a dragon in the end.
Hou City was only his starting point, a turning point.
City 0126 was his starting point.
In addition, many official and unofficial betting stations had been set up. There were many big shots involved in all kinds of betting. The most popular one was the one to win first place.
A few days ago, the Referees Committee had announced the basic information of all 240 participants. It could be said that the 240 participants were the most famous of the young generation in the seven continents.
According to the official ranking, Li Xiang was ranked 36th. His odds were 1: 1398. The highest ranking in District 1 was Mu Fan, who was ranked 21st. His odds were 1: 786. The next highest was Baimiya, who was ranked 29th. Her odds were 1: 966.
It was known that this was the Spring Festival of District 1, but it was still surprising that none of the top three had made it to the Top 20.
Ji Yanqing was ranked 10th in Zone One. She was estimated to be ranked 216th. The odds for the Champions League were 1: 98676.
There was a city-level airship hovering in the air above every numbered city, projecting a clear, giant screen of light that constantly scrolled through the two hundred and forty contestants' estimated rankings and odds.
Every year, there would always be people who would become rich overnight, and there would also be families who would fall overnight. For all the families and powers below the aristocratic family level, the competition was a sumptuous feast.
There was also an even bigger underground betting system. Ji Yanqing's winning odds were as high as 1: 999999, and the highest payout was 1: 1 Blue Astral Coin to win nearly a million Blue Astral Coins!
One hundred Blue Astral Coins could be exchanged for the dream of becoming a billionaire. Countless people scrambled for it. After all, no one would care about a mere hundred Blue Astral Coins.
Therefore, the ones who benefited in the end were actually the government and some big shots.
After Li Xiang returned to the lounge, he turned on his communicator and was shocked to see such a crazy situation.
The word "gambling" could indeed make people go bankrupt.
One of the key reasons why the ultimate ranking competition had become a national entertainment was that it was impossible to fake the competition. The real big shots wouldn't care about such a small amount of resources. Since it was related to their own futures, the contestants wouldn't fake the competition just for a little profit.
The messages on his communicator hadn't stopped since he entered the special acceleration cabin. From 999 + to 99999 +. Fortunately, as a super member, Li Xiang had the ability to filter the messages.
He read through all the friend requests and added all the people whose names he could remember. There were even people like Wei Linlin among them. He hesitated for a moment and then accepted their friend requests.
Whether it was their own intention or their family's intention, he didn't mind as long as it could be mutually beneficial in the future.
Wang Bo and Wang Zhongyue both sent congratulatory messages. Wang Bo even took a lot of pictures of City 0126. Li Xiang smiled when he saw that he had been "sold" to this city, which happened to be Wang Haisheng and the Scarlet Moon's territory.
Luck was such a wonderful thing.
As for Hou Cheng judging his character based on some of his actions in the orphanage, he directly ignored it.
The orphanage did raise him and Ye Tong a little, but it was more of a source of endless harm to Ye Tong. The fire that burned after he left was the anger that he had accumulated for a long time.
Of course, he was young and didn't know any better. If it were now, he wouldn't do such a stupid thing and give people a reason to criticize him.
But this wasn't a bad thing.
Just like this ultimate trial.
He hadn't become strong yet. There would always be people who didn't know what was good for them and wanted to test his bottom line. Then, he would show them.
If they touched his bottom line, no matter how crazy it was, he would do it!
Knowing that No. 1 was also staying in Scarlet Moon City, Li Xiang smiled faintly. His logistics team seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. Wang Bo also helped him to collect other firearms books. Whether he admitted it or not, he wouldn't easily abandon this logistics team in the future.
"That's good too." He thought back to his previous life where he had lived like a lone wolf. Even at the end of his life, the only person by his side was Chen Fan, his archenemy. His current life was very different. Although it was a bit uncomfortable, it didn't feel bad.
As for the other information, he completely ignored it.
On the Serpent's side, Yu Jing asked Zhang Xixi to deliver a brand-new liquefied Origin Substance combat uniform.
For this ultimate trial, the participants were only allowed to bring a combat uniform, a firearm, and a cold weapon. Considering that everyone else had at least one liquefied Origin Substance combat uniform, Yu Jing and the other Serpent's members pooled together funds to buy one for him as a token of their appreciation.
Ji Xianqing also received the weapons and equipment from their department.
When it came to treating his own people, Extreme Night was truly good.
Because the participants would be completely isolated during the trial, Zhang Xixi asked someone to tell him to fight well and not embarrass himself before leaving.
He Yi had been kicked out of Polar night's ten-person group by the new group leader, Baimiya. The other nine people were well aware of his death.
In Li Xiang's opinion, among the ten of them, Yu Bai and Li Weilan had the ability to participate in this competition. Atsushi Amakusa wasn't bad either. If it weren't for an accident, Ming Xu would most likely be one of the ten participants as well. As such, he didn't particularly care about the various gimmicks of this ultimate trial.
The two hundred and forty of them weren't the strongest of this generation of the Seven Continents, and it was even harder to say what would happen after they entered university. They definitely couldn't lose themselves in the glory and popularity of the present.
Li Weilan looked like a well-bred young lady, but in reality, she was a crazy woman similar to Baimiya. In fact, she was a little too careless. She had actually taken a screenshot of a long list of names in the ten-person group. That was the reward Li Xiang had promised her.
Li Xiang laughed out loud. This guy was really funny.
Among the nine of them, Ming Xu had the coldest personality, Baimiya was a violent woman who was rough but also delicate, Ji Yanqing was the most gentle but also the most ruthless, Ai Yakumo was a very typical young lady of an aristocratic family after removing her tsundere personality, and Li Weilan was a true crazy woman.
This group of people was really weird.
After chatting with Li Weilan for a while, he noticed that Ming Xu's message was actually at the bottom of the list.
Which university do you want to go to? — Zero.
Below was an unhappy little penguin emoji. Clearly, Ming Xu was very dissatisfied that he didn't reply in time.
I hope it's Lighthouse Academy. What about you? — Yes.
He had just sent this message when his communication device started beeping. Ming Xu had actually replied to his message in seconds!
He didn't know. It should be the Chronometer Tower Consortium … He had to see which one his teacher chose. — Zero.
Ming Xu attached a picture below. It was a picture of her lying on a soft round bed, wearing only cute pink pajamas, staring blankly at the huge transparent glass window outside her room.
From the picture, her room was at a very high place, overlooking the bright night view of the city. The huge transparent glass window was very similar to the one in his room. It was the kind of ring-shaped, and even the dome was transparent.
The moonlight poured down, illuminating her beautiful side profile. Her beauty was out of this world.
Ming Xu always talked about that teacher of hers. Previously, she was very concerned about the navy blue suit, and almost got into a fight with Li Xiang because it was her teacher's first birthday gift to her.
Li Xiang was suddenly a little curious. What kind of existence was this teacher of hers? Could he be a weird uncle with a loli complex? What should he do if that was the case?
He realized that once it involved Ming Xu, he couldn't control his emotions.
Looking at the picture she sent, Li Xiang was suddenly stunned. This picture …
He jumped up from the bed and ran to the glass wall. The super building opposite was starry and had the same glass wall structure. He searched carefully. His super eyesight came in handy at this moment.
Soon, he saw a pair of delicate and beautiful little feet tapping her hips. Ming Xu was lying on the bed holding the communication device.
As if she sensed something, Ming Xu looked up suddenly. When she saw his gaze, her face turned red.
"Beep beep beep —"
Don't look at me! — Zero.
Li Xiang waved at her excitedly. He looked at her while chatting on the communication device. He felt very curious.
"You have to be number one." Ming Xu held the communication device and swung her little feet. She stared blankly at the young man who was dancing excitedly. "We agreed to become the strongest together."
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